St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-11
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Board Public Works.
Adjourned Meeting.


Folsom & Murray, contractors for
paving RoSabel street, from Eighth
street to Tenth street, presented COM
munication stating that they have made
satisfactory arrangements with the
property owners and are willing to allow
the annulling of their contract for said
paving. Considered and ordered trans
Knitted to the Council with the request
than an order be passed authorizing the
annulling of the contract for said paw
The Lexington Avenue Park Com
pany, by its agent, j. j. Watson, and
other property owners on Lexington
avenue, presented a communication
urging the grading of said Lexington
avenue, between st. Clair street and
Pleasant avenue. Considered and re-
fetred to the Engineer.
j. T. Hoyt, President of the Board OF
Water Commissioners, presented COM
munication in reference to the contract
of William Forrestal for sprinkling in
the Sixth ward, stating that at meet
ing of said Board on the 25th ulto. the
following resolution was adopted, to-
wit: Resolved, That no further charge
for water for sprinkling in the Sixth
ward under Mr.. ForreStarS contract
will be required or insisted upon after
the 18th day of July past up to the end
of the season of 1887. Considered and
placed on file.
A. Pugh. Secretary pro TEN. of the
Board of Directors East Side Syndicate,
notified the Board that said Syndicate
have withdrawn their objections to the
assessment for the opening of Maria
avenue. Considered and Clerk directed
to send the assessment for said I'M
provement to the City Treasurer.
Charles +. Smith, owner of lot 10,
hlOol- HIGHLAND addition nrpSpOtpd a
communication complaining that the
Street Commissioner on Dayton's Bluff
has removed large quantity of earth
from the front of said lot. Referred to
Engineer for investigation and report.
w. s. Gregory. owner of lot |, block
s, Messerlic Il Eshback'S addition, pre-
scented a communication in the matter OF
the assessment against said lot for
sprinkling Seventh street. asking that
the amount assessed be reduced. for the
reason that said Sprinkling cannot be
done properly on account of the con-
StructiOn of a sewer on said Seventh
street. Referred to Engineer for report
of facts.
n. Myricl1. owner of lot 5, block Z.
Leech'S addition, presented a commune
cation stating that he had been over
assessed for the sprinkling OF Wilkin
street. Referred to Engineer for report
Vi frontage Oh Sdiu lOl.
Joseph HaOg. owner of lot s, block Z,
Leech'S addition. presented a commune
cation in the matter of the assessment
for Sprinkling Goodrich avenue, claim
ing that no sprinkling has been done in
front of said property. Referred to En-
gineer for report of facts.
Robert Spangenberg, owner of lot 6,
(NE'ly of Carroll street, block ,, Irvines
addition to st. Paul, presented a petit
ton asking for a reduction of the assess
ment against said lot for the paving of
Rice street, from Tenth street to Como
avenue tenth and Rice streets paVing),
claiming that said lot has only twenty
feet frontage ON said street. Deferred
TO Engineer for report of frontage.
Peter Neuhensel. owner of lot 80,
StinSon'S subdivision of block Ill, Ly-
man DaytonS addition, presented pc
tition asking for Il reduction of the
amount assessed against said lot 80 for
the construction of wooden sidewalk
on Beech street, claiming that he had
been assessed for fOrty-three feet of
sidewalk, whereas but twenty-three
feet has been laid. Referred to En-
gineer for Investigation and report of
facts.
j. r. Mcmillan presented a petition
asking for a reduction of the number of
sewer connections ordered in front of
lots end 81, block +, Dawson's enlarge
ment of Dawson u Smiths addition:
lot 9, block ,, Dawson IL Smiths addi-
ton; lots l, . and ;, block 20, Robert 81
Randall's addition, under contracts re-
Spectlvely for paving Grant and Eighth
streets. Referred to Engine er for re-
port as to what sewer connections are
necessary in front of said lots.
The Engineer having submitted pro-
file in tha matter Of tba oJo,,OSa6 cha
Of grade on Pleasant avenue, from Vic
toria street to Otto avenue, the same was
referred to whole Board to view prem
ises.
The Engineer having submitted plan
and estimate of cost, the following re-
port was ordered sent to the Council,
to-Wit:
To the Common Council of the City of
st. Paul:
The Board of Public Works have had
under consideration the resolution OF
order of the Common Council, approved
respectively April 81, 1887, and May 5.
1887. relative to the grading of Ravine
street. from Maple street to Maria ave-
nue., and Ravine street to partial
grade, from Maria avenue to Hoffman
avenue, and having investigated the
proposed Improvement, respectfully re-
port that 1t is necessary and proper to
grade Ravine street to partial grade,
from Hoffman avenue to Maria avenue.
grading roadway to edge of bluff, and
putting in stairs from top to bottom of
said bluff, and to grade said Ravine
street to a full grade, from Maria
estimated expense thereof is S2,OO5,
one-half of which need not be paid
into the City Treasury before the
contract is let: that real estate to be
assessed therefor can be found benefited
to the extent of the costs and expenses
necessary to be incurred thereby; that
said improvement is not asked for by a
petition of a majority of the owners of
property to be assessed therefor. but we
herewith send a plan OF profile of said
Improvement, and an order for your
adoption, if you desire us to make the
improvement. Yeas 3. nays 0.
The Engineer having returned the
protest of Adolph and Anna Munich
against the assessment of lots to II.
inclusive, block IS, Lyman Dayton's
addition, for sprinkling Fifth street.
from Hoffman avenue to Maple street,
in Sprinkling District No. l, under con-
tract of William Forrestal, for term
ending Nov. 10. 1887, with the report
that no sprinkling has been done in
front of said lots, upon motion, the as
sesSment for said sprinkling was cor
rected by abating the amount assessed
against each of said lots to II, inclu-
sive, so as to conform to the facts and
rights of the case as intended.
The Engineer having returned the
petition of Gustave and Maria Heine-
man, in the matter of correcting the as
sessment against WHY u of block 26,
Lyman Dayton's addition, for the
sprinkling of Fourth and Fifth streets
respectively, from Hoffman avenue to
Maple street, in Sprinkling District No.
l, under contract of VIM. Forreistal for